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Disgraced FBI Agent Peter Strzok Didn’t Tell Trump Campaign About Investigation

Posted on | May 31, 2019 | Comments Off on Disgraced FBI Agent Peter Strzok Didn’t Tell Trump Campaign About Investigation

 

Catherine Herridge of Fox News reports:

A mid-August 2016 counterintelligence briefing for the Trump campaign did not specifically warn officials about Russian outreach to the Trump team, nor did it warn that two campaign aides, Mike Flynn and George Papadopoulos, were already under FBI investigation, Fox News has learned.
The new details about the so-called “defensive briefing” have emerged from congressional letters, text messages between FBI agent Peter Strzok and lawyer Lisa Page, and sources familiar with the matter. Such briefings are designed to warn the candidate and his team about national security threats.
“There was a defensive briefing of candidate Trump on Aug. 17 of 2016,” Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Thursday on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom.” “And I can tell you what he wasn’t told: He wasn’t warned about a Russia investigation that Peter Strzok had opened 18 days earlier.”
Strzok, who was later removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team for sending anti-Trump texts, was a central coordinator for the FBI on the defensive briefing, which included multiple agencies. Three weeks earlier, Strzok opened an FBI counterintelligence investigation into campaign aide George Papadopoulos.

(Hat-tip: Jeff Dunetz.)

People who get their news from CNN and MSNBC have no idea about any of the shady stuff relating to the origins of the “Russia collusion” hoax. Fox is the only network that is covering this story, and the average Democrat doesn’t have any inkling of what was going on with the Steele dossier and the various ways that people like Carter Page, Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos were targeted by what looks very much like entrapment — an effort to manufacture the appearance of “collusion” in order to justify surveillance of the Trump campaign. U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement officials at the highest levels must have approved this operation, and therefore the real scandal is not what Trump did, but rather what the Obama administration did. CNN and MSNBC are attempting to conceal this scandal from their viewers, and thus damaging their own credibility as news organizations.



 

Category: MuellerGate

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Posted on | May 31, 2019 | 1 Comment

 

A man who lit himself on fire in front of the White House this week has died, and has been identified as Arnav Gupta, 33. While his motive is unknown, TMZ reports that D.C. police sources say they believe Gupta was under the influence of drugs, including PCP. Gupta grew up in the affluent D.C. suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, and attended elite schools, graduating from Landon School for boys in 2004 and Boston University in 2008. When your parents can afford to send you to Landon (tuition $43,560 a year) and BU ($69,668 a year, including room and board), they probably expect you to accomplish great things in life, and it doesn’t seem as if Arnav Gupta was accomplishing much of anything.

Heavy-dot-com reports that Gupta worked a couple of years after college as a coach at Landon School, and recently self-published a rather deranged poem called “Memoirs of a Shadow President.” According to his LinkedIn profile, Gupta had worked five years in “property management” which, if I had to guess, was related to his parents’ business. In short, he was an over-educated loser, a bum, a slacker, a disappointment to his family, and setting himself on fire in front of the White House was an act of desperate madness. Crazy People Are Dangerous.



 

Category: Crime

In The Mailbox: 05.30.19

Posted on | May 30, 2019 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: It’s The NSA’s Fault Baltimore Didn’t Patch Their Systems
EBL: Why Can’t I Have An Emotional Support Komodo Dragon?
Twitchy: Chicago Police Release Hundreds Of Pages of Electronic Files On Smollett Case
Louder With Crowder: Disney CEO Threatens To Pull Out Of Georgia Over Abortion Ban

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Don’t Be Fooled Just Because Trump Makes It Look Easy, also, Foreign Agitators In The UK Elections
American Greatness: Another Mueller-Comey One-Two Punch, also, Trump Has Become The Democrats’ Great White Whale
American Power: The Left’s Empathy Deficit Came Home To Roost – In Australia
American Thinker: Trump Finally Has The Wind At His Back
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Robocall News
Babalu Blog: Cuban-American Senator Ted Cruz Slams Rep. Ilhan Omar For Tweet Implying Hispanic Immigrants Are Uneducated, also, Pope Francis Angrily Refuses To Meet With Catholic Italian Deputy PM Salvini, Slobbers All Over Mass-Murdering Communist Castros
BattleSwarm: EU Election Results, also, Beto Puts Down The Bong
CDR Salamander: Switching From Steam To EMALS – And Back To Steam? also, Diversity Thursday
Da Tech Guy: I Just Came From The 8 AM Ascension Thursday Mass, also, The Ultimate In Hypocrisy
Don Surber: What The Trump Coalition Is
Dustbury: Yagity Yak
First Street Journal: For The Reparationists, Two Wrongs Somehow Do Make A Right
The Geller Report: No Jail For Honolulu Cop Who Molested 5-Year-Old Girl For Years, also, John Cleese – “London Isn’t A British City Any More”
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, also, The Oyster Nebula
Hollywood In Toto: Four Awkward PC Updates That Hurt Disney’s New Aladdin
JustOneMinute: Collusion Never Dies!
Legal Insurrection: Iran-Based Social Media Campaign Impersonated GOP Congressional Candidates, Influenced U.S. Media, also, U. Colorado Denver Offers “Problematizing Whiteness” Course
The PanAm Post: Millions Of Brazilians March For Bolsonaro And Against Statism, also, The Alliance That Is Obstructing The Return Of Democracy To Venezuela
Power Line: Michelle Malkin On The Curious Case Of Ilhan Omar, also, Mueller Clarifies
Shot In The Dark: Touched By The Concern
This Ain’t Hell: Marine Vet Sucker Punched, also, Estonia Is Getting New Guns
Victory Girls: Cybersecurity Expert Hillary Clinton To Keynote Summit
Volokh Conspiracy: Dangers Of A World Where “Almost Anyone Can Be Arrested For Something”
Weasel Zippers: Reporter Claims USS John McCain‘s Name Covered During Trump Visit, Navy Debunks It, also, Navy Sailors Photographed Wearing MAGA-Inspired Patches Causes Media Meltdown
Megan McArdle: EU Elections Don’t Matter Much, But The Anger Behind This One Will
Mark Steyn: A Ghillie & A Munshi, also, The Criminalization of The Other Guy’s Politics


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Category: Linkagery

The Red Pill and ‘Opposite George’

Posted on | May 30, 2019 | Comments Off on The Red Pill and ‘Opposite George’

You may recall one of the funniest episodes of Seinfeld:

George remarks to Jerry in Monk’s Café that every decision that he has ever made has been wrong, and that his life is the exact opposite of what it should be. Jerry convinces him that “if every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.” George experiments with doing the complete opposite of what he would do normally.

This is one of the things to keep in mind when discussing “Red Pill” philosophy. According to Rollo Tomassi and other students of intersexual dynamics, many of the “Blue Pill” beliefs men are taught about female behavior are so wrong that men might as well do like George Costanza and do the opposite of what we are taught.

Think about the assumptions guys are prone to make about women, based on superficial characteristics. Men are easily impressed by beauty, but I like to quote an old Johnny Rivers lyric:

Beware of pretty faces that you find.
A pretty face can hide an evil mind.

If a pretty girl wishes to deceive a guy, he’s unlikely to wise up to her deception until it’s too late. Therefore, it would behoove the young bachelor to be suspicious of any unusually attractive woman he meets. Here’s the thing: One would expect, in the normal course of human events, that the most attractive women would be off the market, so to speak, at a relatively young age, yet here she is flirting with you.

If she’s good-looking and still single, why is she single?

There must be a backstory to explain why such an attractive woman hasn’t gotten herself a man already. Something must have gone wrong.

Here’s where the “Opposite George” mentality could prove advantageous. The unusually attractive woman expects guys to make a move on her, but if you can focus your mind on a realistic assessment — she must have done something wrong, or else she wouldn’t still be single — you will adopt an attitude of cautious skepticism toward her. And another “Opposite George” insight: Be honest about the reasons for your caution.

Think about it. She’s already heard every clever pickup line in the book, so instead you just speak to her honestly. You’ve got nothing to hide — obviously, she knows you find her attractive — and you’ve probably got nothing to lose, because the chances are she’s got emotional problems that explain why all her previous relationships failed. Hooking up with her would only entangle you in her psychodrama, so if being honest means you don’t score with her, you haven’t really lost anything. In fact, ignoring her would probably be the smartest move you could make, but if you’re going to take a chance, make sure you get her backstory first.

Avoid being predictable. Think about how to be different — how to set yourself apart from other guys. Don’t be an average chump, easily deceived by any pretty girl he meets. Remember: If something seems too good to be true, it’s probably not true, nor is it actually good.

Try the Red Pill. You could be more like “Opposite George.”



 

Category: The Red Pill

Bill De Blasio or a Ham Sandwich?

Posted on | May 30, 2019 | Comments Off on Bill De Blasio or a Ham Sandwich?

 

Which one has a better chance of being elected president? The New York mayor’s poll numbers are zero, and meanwhile, this morning I received an email press release from the #Ham2020 campaign:

Ham Sandwich Officially Launches Presidential Campaign
27th or 28th? Candidate for the U.S Presidency!
With a single Instagram post this friggin delicious Sandwich running for president has more support and followers than some presidential candidates. Not to say names, but, Bill *cough” De Blasio and others. (Seriously!)
Check the HAM out.
https://www.instagram.com/presidente.ham/
Team HAM 2020

Just reporting the facts here, folks. Perhaps the candidate will promise to cut back on, uh, pork-barrel spending in D.C.?



 

Category: Election

In The Mailbox: 05.29.19

Posted on | May 30, 2019 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Good to be home in Las Vegas, even if the refrigerator died while I was gone.
Going to punt last weekend’s FMJRA and Rule 5 Friday and just double up this weekend; I have a funeral in New Mexico Friday,
so there may not be linkagery then.

OVER THE TRANSOM
Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #634 – Memorial Day Extravaganza, also, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #635
357 Magnum: So The Hyperloop Didn’t Turn Out As Planned (Or Hyped)
EBL: Bart Starr, RIP, also, Algerian National Arrested In Lyon France Bomb Attack
Twitchy: Apparently Some Gun Nut At Amazon Is Stuffing Ammo Into Customers’ Packages, also, How Much Do We Have To Donate To Get Lena Dunham To Put Clothes On?
Louder With Crowder: Justice Thomas Issues Warning On Abortion In SCOTUS Concurrence, also, #AgeGapLove Show Glorifies Pedophile Relationships

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Friday Hawt Links & Chicks – It’s Great To Be A White Guy Edition, also, Podcast #109 – The Honor Episode
American Greatness: Comey’s FBI Ignored Sexual Abuse Victims To Play Politics, also, Mueller Takes A Parting Shot At The President
American Power: Marine Le Pen’s National Rally Tops Vote In EU Elections, also, University Libraries Seeing Precipitous Declines In Book Use
American Thinker: Time To Pay The Piper, also, Clarence Thomas Speaks The Truth For SCOTUS On Abortion
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Fatness & Health Friday, also, Animal’s Hump Day News
Babalu Blog: U.S. Denies Visas To Over 200 Socialist Academics Sent By Castro Regime, also, Why Chile Prospers While Venezuela Collapses
BattleSwarm: Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update, also, Twitter Primary Revisited For May
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday, also, Memorial Day 2019
Da Tech Guy: Um, Germany? also, Memorial Day Thoughts Under The Fedora, also also, Superhighway Robbery In Mexico
Don Surber: NYT Blows Obama’s Cover, also, She’s 10, Joe
Dustbury: Strange Search Engine Queries, also, Things Go Deader With Coke
First Street Journal:  Will Mr. Sulu Swashbuckle In The Bluegrass State?
The Geller Report: Under Mayor De Blasio, NYPD Notes Record “Antisemitism Crisis”, 83% Surge In Hate Crimes, also, Ramadan Killathon – Casualties Over 1000 At End Of Third Week, 531 Deaths, 556 Injuries
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day, also, A Different Kind of Cyber Warfare
Hollywood In Toto: Theater Cancels FBI Lovebirds, Citing “Violent Threats”, also, Adam Carolla – Why Safe Spaces Will Backfire On The Left
Joe For America: NM”s Dem Governor Now Begging For Immigration Help After Withdrawing Guard From Border, also, Meghan McCain Calls Out Amy Klobuchar – Leave My Father Out Of Your Politics
JustOneMinute: Ross Douthat On The Unifying Fantasy Of The Left, also, Into The Breach! The WaPo Editors Defend Charter Schools
Legal Insurrection: Mueller Breathes New Life Into Democrats’ Impeachment Push, May Have Just Reelected Trump, also, McConnell Pours Salt In Democrats’ Merrick Garland Wound
The PanAm Post: Latin Nations Must Act Against Maduro’s Allies, also, Dear NYT Editorial Board – You Don’t Know Anything About Colombia
Power Line: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Turn, also, Robert Mueller, Partisan Fraud
Shot In The Dark: Bad Optics, Part MMLCCXIV
STUMP: Taxing Tuesday – BIGGER GOVERNMENT!
The Political Hat: Firing Line Friday – What Have We Learned From The Failure Of British Socialism? also, Light Posting This Upcoming Week
This Ain’t Hell: Make Aircrew Great Again Patch Seen During President’s Speech, also, Memorial Day Stolen Valor Callout
Victory Girls: Rolling Thunder To Ride In D.C. For The Last Time, also, NCAA – The Best Female Athlete Is A Man
Volokh Conspiracy: Are Democrats An Anti-Immigrant Party Too? also, Court Says No Tone Policing
Weasel Zippers: NYC Educators Told To Associate Objectivity, Individualism With “White Supremacy”, also, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker Call For Trump Impeachment
Megan McArdle: Caution, Uber & Lyft – Wrecking Taxis May Be A Multi-Company Pileup
Mark Steyn: The Dishonored Dead, also, The Base Gets Itself A New Elite


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Category: Linkagery

Marianne Williamson Hits Key Polling Threshold in Qualifying for DNC Debates

Posted on | May 29, 2019 | Comments Off on Marianne Williamson Hits Key Polling Threshold in Qualifying for DNC Debates

According to an analysis by Politico, Marianne Williamson has now hit 1% in three national polls, one of the qualifying thresholds for the first two rounds of Democratic National Committee presidential debates beginning next month. Williamson’s campaign had earlier this month announced reaching the other qualifying hurdle — 65,000 unique donors — established by the DNC, which has limited the debate field to 20 candidates. According to Politico’s analysis, so far 13 candidates have hit both the polling threshold and the donor threshold. Among the two dozen declared Democrat candidates, the 11 who have not reached both thresholds so far include New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio. In the most recent national poll, by Morning Consult, only seven candidates are higher than 1% while 11 other candidates had 1% and DeBlasio is at 0%.

 

Category: Democrats, Polls

Good-Bye, Bob

Posted on | May 29, 2019 | Comments Off on Good-Bye, Bob

 

If you watched Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s weird valedictory appearance today, you know that he made a point of saying that he couldn’t testify to anything that wasn’t in the report of his investigation. So plans by Democrats to have Mueller dragged in front of a committee as a witness against President Trump (or against Attorney General William Barr) will evidently have to be scrapped. The headline at Ace of Spades — “Mueller Tries to Jumpstart Impeachment Effort, Throw the Deep State a Life-Line” — is an accurate assessment of Mueller’s intention. He basically said, “I’ve done my job, now Congress should do its job and impeach this guy, but don’t ask me for any more help.”

What does this mean going forward? It’s up to Nancy Pelosi, really. We can expect the media and the Democratic presidential candidates to beat the drums for impeachment, but are there really enough votes in Pelosi’s caucus to make that happen? Or is it more likely — as I think — that Democrats will just keep issuing subpoenas, holding committee hearings and talk, talk, talking about “obstruction of justice”?



 

Category: MuellerGate
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